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grusheski: philadelphia was the first american city to develop a water system and to take on as a municipal responsibility water delivery to all of its citizens. when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater. however, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in that first movement to build a water system. narrator: so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. although the majority of philadelphia's water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engi
grusheski: philadelphia was the first american city to develop a water system and to take on as a municipal responsibility water delivery to all of its citizens. when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater. however, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one...
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wall street shutdown for the first time since the september 11th attacks. it gives you an idea of how bad sandy is expected to be. sandy leaving a mark on parts of north carolina. these are pictures from curo beach 30 miles north of wilmington. rising tides flooded homes. as many as 50 million people are in that hurricane's path. >> let's get right to meteorologist christina loren who has been tracking hurricane sandy all morning long. >> this is something that meteorologists can only dream up. when you think of all of the interesting components that are coming together and the timing of the storm. let's take you out live and show you the seas are getting very violent out here at dewey beach in delaware. 100 miles away from this location and feeling the impact of the brunt of the outer bands of sandy. hurricane sandy gained strength after crossing the loop current. it is a warm current in the atlantic. they move north bay and they lose that intensity. she has strengthened. maximum sustained winds up to 90 miles per hour. landfall expected late this afternoo
wall street shutdown for the first time since the september 11th attacks. it gives you an idea of how bad sandy is expected to be. sandy leaving a mark on parts of north carolina. these are pictures from curo beach 30 miles north of wilmington. rising tides flooded homes. as many as 50 million people are in that hurricane's path. >> let's get right to meteorologist christina loren who has been tracking hurricane sandy all morning long. >> this is something that meteorologists can...
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in ocean city, md., the first signs of the approaching storm can also be felt. authorities have closed the city's beach. >> this is a big one. it is supposed to be huge. everybody is supposed to evacuate from 17th street down. >> this is almost a ghost town. the residents have either left or barricaded themselves inside their homes. only a couple of daring beachgoers remain. >> [no audio] >> further north, in new york, preparations have been underway for days. people in low-lying areas are bracing themselves for flooding. at this long beach hospital, several buildings are being evacuated. almost 400,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. the mass transit has been shut down. >> i think it is ridiculous. new york city is a melting pot of people going to work and trying to make a living and we cannot even get around. i did not even know what i'm doing. >> president obama has canceled campaign stops. he urged residents to take all precautions. >> my first message is to all the people across the eastern seaboard, the mid-atlantic, going north, that you nee
in ocean city, md., the first signs of the approaching storm can also be felt. authorities have closed the city's beach. >> this is a big one. it is supposed to be huge. everybody is supposed to evacuate from 17th street down. >> this is almost a ghost town. the residents have either left or barricaded themselves inside their homes. only a couple of daring beachgoers remain. >> [no audio] >> further north, in new york, preparations have been underway for days. people in...
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> that mostly happened in new york city? >> lower manhattan was the first place that took off, then chicago. those early passenger elevators always had an attendant that would take a passenger's request and then operate the car. the big change was the emergence of a electric elevators. starting in 1880, the electric elevator allowed building dollars to go much higher. we evolved from steam hydraulic elevators to the electric elevators that are not that much different from what we are going to see now at the top of the tower. this is the steam room on the top of the state st. francis. -- on top of the state francis. the equipment you see painted green, that is all the original equipment from 1972. we are just now in the middle of modernizing this equipment. >> why modernize? doesn't the equipment works fine? >> it does, it is of analog and intensive, and there are some additional controls. let me introduce the foreman to you. this is vince. he can do a better job explaining the project details. >> what is happening here, what
> that mostly happened in new york city? >> lower manhattan was the first place that took off, then chicago. those early passenger elevators always had an attendant that would take a passenger's request and then operate the car. the big change was the emergence of a electric elevators. starting in 1880, the electric elevator allowed building dollars to go much higher. we evolved from steam hydraulic elevators to the electric elevators that are not that much different from what we are...
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first off, transit agencies suggest you buy your ticket now. b.a.r.t. will be running on a rush hour schedule. muni will reroute lines. they have a lot of lines up and down market that will be impacted. they will add shuttle buses. golden gate transit will have buses. by the way, caltrain will be running additional trains as well. if you do have to be downtown, keep in mind, they will start the shutdown of market and off streets at 9:30. they should be back open by 5:00. we will have special access during the celebration. you will want to tune in. our coverage begins tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. reporting live here in san francisco, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> it will be complete panda-monium. >> i don't follow. you get the reference? >> reporter: what is she talking about? >> go ahead. read the prompter. >> telling jokes to nobody coming up. >> please, please keep it down. thank you for being here tonight. >> jimmy, i know the feeling, my man. how the hurricane put a damper on the late night tv in new york city. we will show you what it is like to perf
first off, transit agencies suggest you buy your ticket now. b.a.r.t. will be running on a rush hour schedule. muni will reroute lines. they have a lot of lines up and down market that will be impacted. they will add shuttle buses. golden gate transit will have buses. by the way, caltrain will be running additional trains as well. if you do have to be downtown, keep in mind, they will start the shutdown of market and off streets at 9:30. they should be back open by 5:00. we will have special...
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tonight, a deadly storm unlike any this city has seen before. for the first time since 9/11, all bridges and tunnels leading in and out of manhatt hathattan closed down. the city remains eerily dark and quiet tonight after a massive superstorm left half the city without power and partially under water. the historic storm continues to wreak havoc up and down the atlantic tee board from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least 13 lives and kaing blackouts and snow storms across the east coast and midwest. terry moran and bill weir will be joining us live from cape may, new jersey, and lake erie, pennsylvania. >>> first we turn to our colleague abc's juju chang who spent the day reporting in lower manhattan and comes to us now from the city's flooded streets. juju, what's the latest? >> reporter: i have to tell you new york felt like a city under siege. we literally had to wade through floodwaters down here in lower manhattan in the mandatory evacuation zone. this storm set the dubious distinction of setting a record storm surge and we watch
tonight, a deadly storm unlike any this city has seen before. for the first time since 9/11, all bridges and tunnels leading in and out of manhatt hathattan closed down. the city remains eerily dark and quiet tonight after a massive superstorm left half the city without power and partially under water. the historic storm continues to wreak havoc up and down the atlantic tee board from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least 13 lives and kaing blackouts and snow storms across the east...
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first of all, if you look closely to the southeast of atlantic city, right about there, that is where the center is. that's where you see kind of a hole in the precipitation. almost like a circular hole right there. and that is moving to the north and west very, very clearly on track. however, it's doing so a little faster than was expected. just a little. that has two effects. one is meaning even more wind because there's a counterclockwise circulation of winds and the forward motion will add to the wind on the north side, in other words, the right-hand side of motion. bottom line, additional storm surge right in through long island and down the new jersey shoreline to around atlantic city. that is a big problem. let's take a look at that storm surge situation. again, we're looking at 3 to 6 feet in general in eastern new england. look what happens. because the water's coming from east to west, it kind of backs in through the long island sound, as an example, to 6 to 11 feet. we're looking at 4 to 8 feet down the new jersey shoreline. then big waves on top of that. that's all going t
first of all, if you look closely to the southeast of atlantic city, right about there, that is where the center is. that's where you see kind of a hole in the precipitation. almost like a circular hole right there. and that is moving to the north and west very, very clearly on track. however, it's doing so a little faster than was expected. just a little. that has two effects. one is meaning even more wind because there's a counterclockwise circulation of winds and the forward motion will add...
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i'm going to go to matt gutman first, this storm breezed by where matt is. and already, there's a lot of wind and rain. look at that, matt is standing in what looks like seafoam. good morning, matt. >> reporter: breeze by is kind of the right term. and that's what's so shocking about this storm, it's about 200 miles off the coast and still we're getting all of this weather. this looks like snow, but it's seafoam. and that's how violent this storm is. 200 miles off, it's kicking up all of this wind and wave action and tossing all of this stuff inland. that's a big concern here. this is just a sliver of what folks farther up north and mid-atlantic are going to see. lot of folks here are accustomed to storms like this, like hurricanes, haven't seen this -- this, the biting cold that's accoanying it. i'm wearing multiple layers of clothing right now. it's so wet. as you said, sam, the combination of wind, rain, all of this storm surge coming in, pushing up against here, exploding these waves, exploding against the pier, it's going to make it very, very complicat
i'm going to go to matt gutman first, this storm breezed by where matt is. and already, there's a lot of wind and rain. look at that, matt is standing in what looks like seafoam. good morning, matt. >> reporter: breeze by is kind of the right term. and that's what's so shocking about this storm, it's about 200 miles off the coast and still we're getting all of this weather. this looks like snow, but it's seafoam. and that's how violent this storm is. 200 miles off, it's kicking up all of...
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tell me your thoughts about shutting down the city a day in advance. >> well, the city first of all they are doing a great job, emergency services. a day in advance, we were able to fit in all the events and functions, but the transportation was a little problem. robert: the owner and operator here at battery garden restaurants. if you are walking around grand central, you may recognize his face from uncle paul's pizza they delivered all the way downtown to our very hungry fox crew. liz: thank you to him. i have been to that wonderful battery gardens restaurant many times. he does a great job, fantastic. thanks to him and all the business owners that who are really putting up the good fight here. speaking of which, you wonder when the markets will start again. will they reopen wednesday? that's the plan right now. you look at the big board and you just see zero, nothing is moving. charlie gasparino was on this story early this morning. >> i think from what i understand it, i'm getting news from exchange officials, there is a 99.9% chance the market ts will be open wednesday. the last thi
tell me your thoughts about shutting down the city a day in advance. >> well, the city first of all they are doing a great job, emergency services. a day in advance, we were able to fit in all the events and functions, but the transportation was a little problem. robert: the owner and operator here at battery garden restaurants. if you are walking around grand central, you may recognize his face from uncle paul's pizza they delivered all the way downtown to our very hungry fox crew. liz:...
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but as ginger zee is just about to show you, and she's in atlantic city right now, it doesn't really matter much other than the coastal water effects where this storm is going, and our matt gutman, i will go to matt first, is on the coast in north carolina where the strong effects -- this storm breezed by where matt is and already there's a lot of wind and rain and matt is standing in what looks like sea foam. good morning, matt. >> reporter: breezed by is kind of the right term. that's what's so shocking about the storm. it's about 200 miles off the coast, and still we're getting all of this weather. now, this looks like snow. this is sea foam, and that's how violent the storm is, 200 miles off -- it's kicking up all of this wind and wave action and tossing all of this stuff inland. that's a big concern here. 32-foot waves, and this is just a sliver of what folks farther up north in the mid-atlantic where ginger is are going to see. now, another thing, a lot of folks here are accustomed to storms like this like hurricanes haven't seen, and that's this biting cold that is accompanyin
but as ginger zee is just about to show you, and she's in atlantic city right now, it doesn't really matter much other than the coastal water effects where this storm is going, and our matt gutman, i will go to matt first, is on the coast in north carolina where the strong effects -- this storm breezed by where matt is and already there's a lot of wind and rain and matt is standing in what looks like sea foam. good morning, matt. >> reporter: breezed by is kind of the right term. that's...
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it is shaped so you funnel water into new york city and push the storm surge in. the normal hurricane like irene comes along the coast and heads for long island and we get flooding along the coast but this is piling water back in. there is a storm, a fictional storm for new york city that comes from the southeast, drives the storm surge through long island sound in the city and from the narrows. what is amazing, this has the chance to do that and that puts the battery underwater and we could have subways flooded and everything else back in here. >>neil: we are coming up on election day. could we see power outages, still, on election day? >>guest: i am taking credit for starting that a couple days ago with a tweet. a friend said what about the election, and i said, you are right, we can have power outages, we will, until that time. >>neil: a broad area? >>guest: from washington, dc, all the way up to boston. like rick said, this will have a wide swath of wind but what will distinguish this storm coming from the southeast will be the amazing storm surge in some plac
it is shaped so you funnel water into new york city and push the storm surge in. the normal hurricane like irene comes along the coast and heads for long island and we get flooding along the coast but this is piling water back in. there is a storm, a fictional storm for new york city that comes from the southeast, drives the storm surge through long island sound in the city and from the narrows. what is amazing, this has the chance to do that and that puts the battery underwater and we could...
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so first from facebook. dave hamilton asks god could a collapse of the welfare state ever be peaceful? i don't see a collapse happening with of chaos. >> i think absolutely. this gigantic lumbering staggering welfare state. the 1990's, they ask some hard questions. this was not affordable. they manage to touch from their welfare state very dramatically. most other countries in europe. more free labor markets. canada has and a good job in this. they went directly to the voters this is the reality that we face even further to go. the cuts are much deeper than most politicians are willing to address, but they can be made if you have an adult conversation about it. it is about arithmetic, not fantasy all wishes. >> a question for the congressman. how did you imagine that we can overcome the bipartisan issues? controversial issues such as welfare reform. >> well, look. that's why i have elections. compromise. they did not elect me to a compromise with barack obama. we have a few more weeks in this campaign. and w
so first from facebook. dave hamilton asks god could a collapse of the welfare state ever be peaceful? i don't see a collapse happening with of chaos. >> i think absolutely. this gigantic lumbering staggering welfare state. the 1990's, they ask some hard questions. this was not affordable. they manage to touch from their welfare state very dramatically. most other countries in europe. more free labor markets. canada has and a good job in this. they went directly to the voters this is the...
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liz: blocks and blocks of homes, first and second floor completely swamped. look at the sand here. bunched up against homes. you can see all of the terraces completely destroyed. you are looking at a bunch of homes that are on that level, sort of on the coast. this is atlantic city, david. and jeff, you can see this as well in your monitor. it is just a horrible situation with firefighters rescuing people. this of course was at the height of the storm when you could really see the action. but reports of people seeing fish floating on their kitchen floors. it is just -- it is stunning, and that as jeff said, blocks from the actual ocean. david: 85% of atlantic city was flooded. 85%. it just begins to count up the damage, the dollar damage of this storm, which clearly is going to be in the tens of billions if not hundreds of billions. jeff, there's nothing that can replace the people that have been misplaced and in fact 29 deaths. what about the hospitals? we had an awful situation here in new york city where nyu hospital, one of the biggest had to be evacuated. a couple of other fac
liz: blocks and blocks of homes, first and second floor completely swamped. look at the sand here. bunched up against homes. you can see all of the terraces completely destroyed. you are looking at a bunch of homes that are on that level, sort of on the coast. this is atlantic city, david. and jeff, you can see this as well in your monitor. it is just a horrible situation with firefighters rescuing people. this of course was at the height of the storm when you could really see the action. but...
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first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, the super storm headed for the united states could turn into a weather phenomenon, tens of millions of people live in the national hurricanest tracking zone. in fact, the act number is some 66 million people. forecasters say there is quit a bit uncertainty on the path. we are told sandy could target florida, georgia, new york, new jersey, connecticut and new england. the hurricane has caused death and destruction across the caribbean. right now it is battering the bahamas and whip up surf on the east coast of florida. forecasters say it will come ashore along the eastern seaboard. right now there is no way to know where. here are the best probabilities: it could make a beeline for new york city. it is on collision course with a snowstorm coming from the west and a blast of fridge it air from the north, a potential for the weekend that is called frankenstorm created a perfect storm in 1991 and that went off the coast of new england became the subject of a book and a movie by same name of the people around here remember it like it was yesterday.
first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, the super storm headed for the united states could turn into a weather phenomenon, tens of millions of people live in the national hurricanest tracking zone. in fact, the act number is some 66 million people. forecasters say there is quit a bit uncertainty on the path. we are told sandy could target florida, georgia, new york, new jersey, connecticut and new england. the hurricane has caused death and destruction across the caribbean. right now it is...
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police in the cities of oakland and stockton. increase patrols in high crime areas. violent crime has been on the rise in both cities. the ch p is looking into the possibility of federal funds to help offset the cost. >>> a water emergency is over on treasure island. the water stopped flowing when a water main break happened friday night. they still recommended boiling water before drinking it. now the water is safe but people should flush pipes before using it. >>> soda tax is up for discussion at a town hall meeting tonight. the mayor as well as nutrition experts. meeting starts at 7:00 tonight. >>> someone hit a $13 million super lotto plus jackpot and the winning ticket was purchased in the bay area. >> the winning numbers drawn saturday night were 38, 36, 14, 5, 47 and meganumber was 18. the winning ticket was sold at the best food produce store here in san francisco. if that's where you buy your ticket, might want to take a peek. >> 5:21 right now. think you're the biggest fan? we met a woman who traveled thousands of miles
police in the cities of oakland and stockton. increase patrols in high crime areas. violent crime has been on the rise in both cities. the ch p is looking into the possibility of federal funds to help offset the cost. >>> a water emergency is over on treasure island. the water stopped flowing when a water main break happened friday night. they still recommended boiling water before drinking it. now the water is safe but people should flush pipes before using it. >>> soda tax...
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first i want to thank those who are taking quick action to ensure their own safety and to make it easier for the rest of us. i want to thank all the people that are here working, they are volunteers and doing a phenomenal job and i would like to give everybody a little bit more of an update on the city's preparation for hurricane sandy right now. the hurricane -- earlier today i signed an executive order for t the mandatory evacuation of homes and businesses in -- the low lying coastal areas of the city. to reiterate what are the low-lying areas, zone a included manhattan beach along the east river in brooklyn, all of the rock aways and also hamilton beach and broad channels in queens, all of the coastline in staten island, city island, and another patch of the south bronx, battery park city, and stretches of the the west side water front and of the lower east side village in manhattan. there are two maps on display there, which we have and which we're trying to get. which show the areas as zone a, but the bottom line is the other map shows the 76 evacuation centers. if you live in zone
first i want to thank those who are taking quick action to ensure their own safety and to make it easier for the rest of us. i want to thank all the people that are here working, they are volunteers and doing a phenomenal job and i would like to give everybody a little bit more of an update on the city's preparation for hurricane sandy right now. the hurricane -- earlier today i signed an executive order for t the mandatory evacuation of homes and businesses in -- the low lying coastal areas of...
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. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a spirited, at times, testy debate last night as massachusetts republican incumbent senator scott brown met his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren, at the university of massachusetts in lowell. it was the second of four scheduled debates as a new poll from "the boston globe" shows 18% of massachusetts voters still undecided and with warren holding a lead. right out of the gate, moderator david gregory asked about the controversy around elizabeth warren's claim to native american heritage. >> i never used the information about our native american heritage to get any advantage, not to apply to college, not to apply to law school, and not to get hired for any job. i was listed in a directory as -- i listed myself as native american. i was listed there. it's part of who i am. >> do you consider yourself a minority? >> i consider myself as having a native american background. that's what i said. that's what i am. >> no one is questioning what her parents told her when she was younger
. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a spirited, at times, testy debate last night as massachusetts republican incumbent senator scott brown met his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren, at the university of massachusetts in lowell. it was the second of four scheduled debates as a new poll from "the boston globe" shows 18% of massachusetts voters still undecided and with warren holding a lead. right out of the gate,...
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when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but it's cut down a lot. hurwitz: city tunnel number 3 will be an opportunity to take city tunnel 1 out of operation and rehabilitate it. city tunnel number 1 had one valve to shut off the whole tunnel. city tunnel 2 had two parallel valves. city tunnel 3 has 32, so there's much more redundancy. lloyd: we're targeting a completion date of 2012 for tunnel 3. and we already are starting to prepare to take tunnel 1 offline. narrator: the construction of tunnel 3 is vital for maintaining the sustainability of new york's drinking water infrastructure. but the pipeline is useless if there's not a reliable supply of clean water within it. hurw
when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but it's cut down a lot. hurwitz: city tunnel number 3 will be an...
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that will mark the school's first ever, a night game. that is significant. construction took about five months. >> crews are bracing for the worst, especially on the eastern shore. sarah is live in ocean city, where hundreds of sand bags are being filled. what else our crew is doing to get ready for this? >> right now, officials are monitoring the storm. they're keeping an eye on the storm's track, trying to figure out how big of a weather event this is going to be. . told that emergency plan is in place. police and fire officials have been put on standby. they are expecting that it could be a long weekend in to the early part of the week. the city has put out some high water signs in case there is some flooding. motorists will not drive through those high waters and hopefully they will avoid any issues. >> you have been checking with some experts as to what people at home should be doing. >> you want to make sure you clear out all the gutter's. if you are in a low-lying area, the southern part of ocean city is prone to flooding, it out the sandbags and prep
that will mark the school's first ever, a night game. that is significant. construction took about five months. >> crews are bracing for the worst, especially on the eastern shore. sarah is live in ocean city, where hundreds of sand bags are being filled. what else our crew is doing to get ready for this? >> right now, officials are monitoring the storm. they're keeping an eye on the storm's track, trying to figure out how big of a weather event this is going to be. . told that...
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our first responders have been doing a heroic job protecting our city and saving lives and they are still fighting fires and con ukt doing life-saving search and rescue migs and we owe them an enormous debt of gratitude. the storm brought something like 23 serious fires to parts of staten island, brooklyn, queens as well as city island in the bronx. the terrible fire on breezy point is now ununder control, but we believe we lost more than 80 houses. the search and recovery operations there are ongoing. if any of you saw the pictures on television is looked look a forest fire out in the midwest. the winds were just deaf statinstatin devastating and blowing from one building to the next one. we are hoping and praying that there was no loss of life in those fires, but even we can -- even if we can save any lives, many people have lost their homes and they have our full support in the days and weeks ahead. the 76 shelters we opened will remain open today and we will continue to keep shelters open until people displaced by the storm can safely return to their homes or find temporary housing. o
our first responders have been doing a heroic job protecting our city and saving lives and they are still fighting fires and con ukt doing life-saving search and rescue migs and we owe them an enormous debt of gratitude. the storm brought something like 23 serious fires to parts of staten island, brooklyn, queens as well as city island in the bronx. the terrible fire on breezy point is now ununder control, but we believe we lost more than 80 houses. the search and recovery operations there are...
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we put that question to our guest, but first here are their born, new york city, 29 years of age, single, jewish, democrat, wes leann university, con net cat, ba, english. late night with david letterman, cbs reports researcher, and altogether, six months. new york magazine, intelligencer intern. editorial assistant. book columnist. features writer. co currently author, working on her first book, female chauvinist pig, simon and schuster, free press. hobbies, cooking, traveling, extreme cooking, gym addict ariel levy, born boston, 62 years of age, wife margaret, three children, democrat, harvard college ba, english. ma gill university, montreal, m.d.. massachusetts mental health center, resident in psychiatrist, three years. u.s. army, pentagon major, two years. faculty appointments, harvard medical sister, assistant professor, four years. george washington medical school, associate medical professor, georgetown medical school psychiatry, 20 years and currently medical answers,medicy television program, host 8 years and currently. author, 36 articles, four monographs and 204 professional
we put that question to our guest, but first here are their born, new york city, 29 years of age, single, jewish, democrat, wes leann university, con net cat, ba, english. late night with david letterman, cbs reports researcher, and altogether, six months. new york magazine, intelligencer intern. editorial assistant. book columnist. features writer. co currently author, working on her first book, female chauvinist pig, simon and schuster, free press. hobbies, cooking, traveling, extreme...
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under the stars and go on down the boulevard ♪ ♪ say may god be the first one in the car ♪ ♪ may he be the last one out of ours ♪ ♪ as we come down from wishing this city would start ♪ ♪ making use of these open arms say may god be the first one in the car may ♪ ♪ he be the last one out of ours ♪ ♪ ooo, ooo ooo, ooo ooo, ooo ooo, ooo ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: nice job, guys. i missed you guys before. you guys were eating. i came back to see you. how ya doin'? welcome back. good to see ya. i want to thank my guests, arnold schwarzenegger, bubba watson, and of course, the wallflowers. tomorrow night, tyler perry will be here. but "jimmy fallon," the emmy winner. he's coming up next. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's too nice. th
under the stars and go on down the boulevard ♪ ♪ say may god be the first one in the car ♪ ♪ may he be the last one out of ours ♪ ♪ as we come down from wishing this city would start ♪ ♪ making use of these open arms say may god be the first one in the car may ♪ ♪ he be the last one out of ours ♪ ♪ ooo, ooo ooo, ooo ooo, ooo ooo, ooo ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: nice job, guys. i missed you guys before. you guys were eating. i came back to see you. how ya...
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atlantic city, obviously is going to feel it. one of the first places. once that storm continues on, all of the way to ohio, western pennsylvania, even canada. in atlantic city, they're taking it very seriously, some of the businesses have already been boarding up. only emergency vehicles coming all of the way through. other than that, we're really not going to imagine much more than the storm surge. that's the biggest concern here in atlantic city. in 34 years of legalized gambling this is what has happened, shutdown of casinos three times. irene being the last time. we didn't hit that hard enough, right at the coast, from jersey shore up through new york city, long island, you get the bigger numbers. because of the shape of the land, it's going to help that southwest to -- southeast to the northwest flow. other spots will have a surge. we're talking 60 to 80 miles an hour winds in that red area, boston, pittsburgh is included. washington, d.c., even. the purple area all of the way through maine, 40 to 60-mile-per-hour winds. you have emphasized sam how
atlantic city, obviously is going to feel it. one of the first places. once that storm continues on, all of the way to ohio, western pennsylvania, even canada. in atlantic city, they're taking it very seriously, some of the businesses have already been boarding up. only emergency vehicles coming all of the way through. other than that, we're really not going to imagine much more than the storm surge. that's the biggest concern here in atlantic city. in 34 years of legalized gambling this is...
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let's go down to 100 street and first avenue. serious flooding. this scene is repeated really up and down the eastern seaboard. >> is really unprecedented. i mean certainly we have been saying that. i heard you say, gregg, that this city really has not been in this much trouble since 9/11, and when you see all of the reports of power outages and manhattan and also the flooding and not just zone a, the battery area, but all over the city. >> just to be sure, this is the most significant event to happen to this city since 9/11. this is not yet rival 9/11 in terms of casualties at historic proportions, but since 9/11 we have had the anthrax care, maybe flight 587, but i cannot think of one single event that rivals 9/11. does not really rival 9/11, but this is the most of-incense 9/11 >> and we were just talking about men and, obviously, but what is interesting to me is that in 15:00 p.m., is it true that there are still areas that have yet to search? we have been talking about this. connecticut, westchester. >> that's correct. that is going to be lon
let's go down to 100 street and first avenue. serious flooding. this scene is repeated really up and down the eastern seaboard. >> is really unprecedented. i mean certainly we have been saying that. i heard you say, gregg, that this city really has not been in this much trouble since 9/11, and when you see all of the reports of power outages and manhattan and also the flooding and not just zone a, the battery area, but all over the city. >> just to be sure, this is the most...
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maybe for the first time ever i actually agree with the mayor. it is bad enough trying to get around right now. look at this! this is the traffic outside right now. look that!? what a nightmare! it's horrible! without a presidential motorcade blocking off a whole section of the city. look at that. that is the worst thing i've ever seen. here to disagree with me is very brave chicago you would alderman joe marino. welcome back. >> i have to be brave to disagree with you. melissa: i think so. especially on this topic, when you look at the gridlock that we just showed our whole audience who maybe isn't familiar, look at that! i'm never getting home tonight. i'm supposed to go trick-or-treat. it is never going to happen. the mayor said, quote, i love this, we would love to have him but we have lots of things to do. you think that is rude? >> sure. no, look. it would be rude if the president didn't offer to come and, as a local official i respect the fact that mayor bloomberg responded in the way that he did but let's remember, president bush was crit
maybe for the first time ever i actually agree with the mayor. it is bad enough trying to get around right now. look at this! this is the traffic outside right now. look that!? what a nightmare! it's horrible! without a presidential motorcade blocking off a whole section of the city. look at that. that is the worst thing i've ever seen. here to disagree with me is very brave chicago you would alderman joe marino. welcome back. >> i have to be brave to disagree with you. melissa: i think...
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of those 11 companies, nine of them are based in the new york city area. it is only natural that their offices are going to be closed, therefore they're going to postpone the report. second of all, last week i talked with the cfo of ford. he said to me, listen. in reporting the extended losses in europe, he also updated and raised their guidance for the third quarter. so they've got better than expected numbers. if they were dumping bad news, they would not have raised guidance last week. so it's a ridiculous assertion that ford is reporting tomorrow because it wants to get the news out while everybody's focused on the hurricane. >> still certainly something -- i'm sure some were thinking that. >> i don't know if it is ridiculous. let people dissect the news instead of worrying about making sure their house isn't flooded. right? zero people paying attention -- now nobody will pay attention to the earnings. fine. nobody can look at them. >> lot of people -- brian, anybody who is a ford investor heard they raised guidance last week. i can guarantee you all t
of those 11 companies, nine of them are based in the new york city area. it is only natural that their offices are going to be closed, therefore they're going to postpone the report. second of all, last week i talked with the cfo of ford. he said to me, listen. in reporting the extended losses in europe, he also updated and raised their guidance for the third quarter. so they've got better than expected numbers. if they were dumping bad news, they would not have raised guidance last week. so...
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over it, coming underneath the boardwalk in what is evacuation zone a here in new york city. 375,000 people here were ordered to mandatory evacuate. here in the rockaways, we can tell you the lights are still on in several apartment buildings, even cars up and down the street. a lot of people after hurricane irene said they decided to stay put. what you see in the distance is a new york city bus that has been converted into a hurricane shelter transport. there's 72 hurricane shelters set up throughout new york city. so far at last check, there were only about 1,100 people staying inside of them. mandatory evacuations were in place for hurricane irene but that storm petered out. this, of course, expected to be much worse. so many people buying generators, water, extra food, deciding to stick it out. the problem with all of that is in the past four hours that we've been here, conditions have deteriorated quickly. so when people notice that something could really be wrong, they may not have a chance to get out safely. veronica. >> you can hear the wind picking up. tracie strahan of wnbc
over it, coming underneath the boardwalk in what is evacuation zone a here in new york city. 375,000 people here were ordered to mandatory evacuate. here in the rockaways, we can tell you the lights are still on in several apartment buildings, even cars up and down the street. a lot of people after hurricane irene said they decided to stay put. what you see in the distance is a new york city bus that has been converted into a hurricane shelter transport. there's 72 hurricane shelters set up...
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one of those spectacles the giant's first playoff game of the year. joins us now with an update as well as first post season game in 6 years. >> the a's are all set and done in their beds thinking of game 2. game 1 did not workout so well. the giants by the way, they are down 5-1 for the reds. they have bases loaded in the 9th. and sandoval -- most of these runs were scored by a home run. who would have thought that was coming. but they had a 9th inning defensive melt down. tacked on a couple more runs for cincinnati. just awaiting. i have everything in my ear to tell me what's going on. now i'm told it's 5-2. the giants have now scored a run. with one out, there's the applause from roberto over there off camera. let's just go ahead and talk about the oakland athletics. they went to detroit on a wave of mention. game 1 of the alds. led off the game with a first a's lead off post season home run. ricky anderson in 19891-0 and that's when the man got stronger as the game went on. he struck out 11 a's. batters kept him off balance. 14th strike outs. the
one of those spectacles the giant's first playoff game of the year. joins us now with an update as well as first post season game in 6 years. >> the a's are all set and done in their beds thinking of game 2. game 1 did not workout so well. the giants by the way, they are down 5-1 for the reds. they have bases loaded in the 9th. and sandoval -- most of these runs were scored by a home run. who would have thought that was coming. but they had a 9th inning defensive melt down. tacked on a...
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the new york stock exchange closed again today first time weather has caused out to chose for a second day since the 1800's. sandy spawned snow storms in west virginia fear of flooding as far west as chicago. in ocean city, maryland part of the delmarva peninsula cold rain on and off and we have flooding here. >> we've both covered storms that were supposed to be storms of the century or expected to be a big thing. did sandy live up to the expectations as a history-making storm? >> reporter: yeah it looks like it did. this was a once in a generation storm. 13 foot storm surge in new york city, imagine that, flood walls that over -- where the water ran over in eight states with snow today. >> tahman bradley, thank you very much. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage on superstorm sandy, coming up we check in with katie marzullo who is money -- monitoring twitter and the latest from the east coast. >> we are going to talk about our fog. baffled, amazed by the fact that you have snow associated with a hurricane. >> that was the morphing of the system that happened yesterday as it wa
the new york stock exchange closed again today first time weather has caused out to chose for a second day since the 1800's. sandy spawned snow storms in west virginia fear of flooding as far west as chicago. in ocean city, maryland part of the delmarva peninsula cold rain on and off and we have flooding here. >> we've both covered storms that were supposed to be storms of the century or expected to be a big thing. did sandy live up to the expectations as a history-making storm? >>...
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oo >> first thing to remember the welfare state isn't about the poor. the vast bulk do not go for the poor. it comes out of the middle class cuts out of one pocket and a giant handling fee gets taken off. >> over 14u7b billion a year. back to the poor. he says charity won't take care of it. i think most people believe that. >>> it is wrong i will tell you why. first of course is self help. helping people to help themselves. second isn't charity. charity was the third thing people look to. mutual aid. people taking care of themselves. americans prior to the welfare state were big joiners of associations. 30 percent of 1995 are members of lodges. >> this is before the welfare state? >> yes. >> a third of the adults joined the mutual aid society which helped each other. >> they helped each other in all kinds of ways they provided benefits and hospitals think about all of the mess sonic and shierns hospitals out there. those were built voluntarily to help members of the community and to help indigent or people who had bad luck. primarily they were people he
oo >> first thing to remember the welfare state isn't about the poor. the vast bulk do not go for the poor. it comes out of the middle class cuts out of one pocket and a giant handling fee gets taken off. >> over 14u7b billion a year. back to the poor. he says charity won't take care of it. i think most people believe that. >>> it is wrong i will tell you why. first of course is self help. helping people to help themselves. second isn't charity. charity was the third thing...
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in new york city. high tide around -- this is new york city lower manhattan, all these yellow areas are mandatory evacuation areas. all over this island. next map and you will see that it's really all over the five burrows of new york city. brooklyn, staten island, the lower end of manhattan, queens and all along these beaches. all mandatory evacuations. a sturgeon is on the way. next map. it's going to come right up through the center of all of this. it's gonna batter into new york city. this is fire irelandal island "island. a storm that cut a government cut a long time ago. dude road in the hamptons, all of this expected to get a sturgeon somewhere between 6 feet and 11 feet. the local emergency managers are telling us it may on 00 high side of that. because we have a combination that never in the history of this region has been seen. and that is a storm coming ashore directly at high tide during a full moon. and truthfully, a 6 to 11-foot sturgeon and all of this is in big trouble as is the subway
in new york city. high tide around -- this is new york city lower manhattan, all these yellow areas are mandatory evacuation areas. all over this island. next map and you will see that it's really all over the five burrows of new york city. brooklyn, staten island, the lower end of manhattan, queens and all along these beaches. all mandatory evacuations. a sturgeon is on the way. next map. it's going to come right up through the center of all of this. it's gonna batter into new york city. this...